People have been 'leaping to mistaken conclusions'.

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JK Rowling has received abuse on social media over the sexuality of Harry Potter character Sirius Black

JK Rowling has condemned the “ton of abuse” she suffered on social media after Twitter users linked comments by the author to the sexuality of a Harry Potter character.

Rowling changed her Twitter bio to seven answers to unspecified questions, leading some Potter fans to believe one of the answers was a response to whether Sirius Black, played by Gary Oldman in the films, was gay.

But, as Buzzfeed noted last week, her tweets about politics have been increasingly met with questions over whether Sirius Black is gay.

Harry Potter fans have poured over the books and Rowling’s public comments to learn more about the characters’ lives beyond the stories. Rowling made waves in 2007 when she said Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore was gay.

Ruth Hunt, chief executive of LGBT rights charity Stonewall, asked if Twitter was “really having a moment” because a character was not gay.

She joked this should count towards one of the charity’s key performance indicators.

So Twitter is having a moment with @jk_rowling because Sirius Black is NOT gay? Can that count as some sort of @stonewalluk KPI?